Lillian Liu is a fantasy and fashion photographer who has a unique and striking color vision. We fell in love with her style and we are proud to present her transformative collection!
Inspired by fairytales and the opulent renaissance period, The Fairytale Collection with Lillian Liu explores a vibrant and striking color palette that work beautifully on a range of images from indoor to outdoor, from portraits to landscapes, and studio set ups.
$75.00
“For the Fairytale Collection, I wanted to provide a versatile collection that could compliment a variety of skin tones, while still staying true to color stories that I naturally gravitate to.
In short, I wanted this collection to feel like a good painterly-image style “starter-kit,” so it was important that I had a balance of elements: cool vs warm tones, studio-centric vs outdoor-inspired, and actions that really shine in dark images vs ones that work well with brighter imagery.
All of them were inspired in some shape of form by artwork, and many are compatible when stacked. I am blown away when seeing how you guys utilize and customize these!”
-Lillian Liu
Each action renders beautifully on its own, and also shines when paired with other actions in the collection.
We hope you enjoy exploring the color palette of these six premium actions!
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Actions included in this set:
1. Renaissance
2. Inferno
3. Garden of Paradise
4. Golden Age
5. Apparition
6. Wolf in the Woods
Before/after images to satisfy your curiosity and show you the capabilities of the actions
Action: Inferno
Action: The Golden Age
These actions were SO much fun to experiment with. When editing, I immediately found favorites in Nostalgia and Femme Fatale. Femme Fatale gave mean enriched painting aesthetic to my photographs.I wanted to apply it to every image immediately.I was in love with this one from the get go. Nostalgia gives a muted feeling of color tunes, which is also beautiful. Especially when I apply to work that is more conceptual. It represents images beautifully, especially in a body of work. I’m happy to have these and be one of the first to experiment with them. I was truly inspired by my own works again.
Renaissance Action
Photoshop Layers
Photoshop Layers
For me these actions molded my body of work into something I have always hoped it would be. It was always such a struggle for me to achieve that painterly look on my studio images until I found this collection. I found myself gravitating towards Garden of Paradise and Golden Age, as they quickly became my new favorite Fine Art Actions. The warm tones of each complimented skin ones, enhanced my models freckles, and added a whimsical touch that I have tried so hard in the past to achieve on my own. I found myself unable to get up from my computer as I was having so much fun editing. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning playing with a new toy!
Before
Before
I really enjoyed playing with these and think the colour tones are lovely. I wanted to keep a warm tone to the images, as they were shot in the afternoon and I wanted to keep that golden quality of the light. I found Golden Age worked best for both these images, and I also played around with the opacity of the different layers in the group, as well as the overall opacity of the groups as a whole, to get the desired effect.
Photoshop Layers
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this collection since it was by Lillian Liu, who I adore and is a color genius. I was afraid I wasn’t going to know what to do with it, but after playing with them I can honestly say it’s my favorite actions to use now. It’s such a beautiful collection full of colors and tones, both warm and cold. I did noticed that this collection has way more layers to it than the others collections. It can be a little overwhelming, but with the labeling of each layers it made it super easy to give an idea of what to do with them. I love the fact that the actions are so different from one another yet still cohesive and they all have the Lillian Liu signifier style in them. The only thing I’m upset about is the amount of actions in this collection. I want more! I can’t wait to add this to my work flow, I feel like I’ll be using this collection a lot.
What can I say! The collection is extraordinary and it takes my photographs to another dimension. The non-obvious colors and tones work beautifully with each photograph. I recommend it wholeheartedly!
PLThis is my first actions I've ever used and my first experiance with this is just awesome😍 it was super easy for a beginner (on actions) to use with the guide which is a big plus. And the actions themself saves me a lot of time with colorgrading, and i fell extra "in love" with the "wolf in the woods" action😍
SEIt's so-so. Certainly not for the price. I tried all of them for outdoor shoots with both equipment lighting and natural light. Nothing really unique or special about them other than the name. They were nice for some portraits but I can get similar on etsy for cheap with the same results. Sorry, I had high hopes for this one.
USon of my favorites. Beautiful results
CAI love the color labs actions. They make my work more lux and fine art like.
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